Temperature
81 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 75 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 81F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 75F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Castroville Municipal Airport until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 5 AM (50%).
Now. Castroville Municipal Airport is 79° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 60° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 65°. Rain is likely tomorrow (69%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 27 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 29 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Castroville Municipal Airport, Texas.
Air quality
Index 43, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, San Antonio (TX), 23 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 5,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 170° / 350° | 2 mph head, on 16 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Castroville (CVB), Castroville Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
81 F at 10 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 75 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 63 F, the air 54% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 4 PM to 91% at 6 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the east at 10 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 23 mph at 11 PM Wednesday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.02 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 8 miles at 5 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,300 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Castroville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Castroville Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
CastrovilleCVB
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/771 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Pearsall RAWSPSAT2
A remote fire weather station/35.2 mi away/596 ft/175 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Castroville 0.8 NETX-MDN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/800 ft/29 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PoteetPOTT2
At a cooperative observer's station/26.5 mi away/463 ft/308 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.